Master thesis describes the digitalisation of a manufacturing system consisting of a part container, transport systems, an industrial robot arm and a hydraulic press. The digitalisation of such a system sets the precedent for the development of a digital twin, which is used in industry for on-line process optimization. Physical systems are in this work considered as digital models, which we import into the workspace of Visual Components program, or which are chosen from an existing library of components within the program. All the processes of preparation and importation of digital models into the virtual environment are presented, as well as the setting of model parameters and data preparation. Within this thesis a new digital model of a hydraulic press is designed, which allows animation of the manufacturing process. By using libraries of Visual Components, several other machines were included within the workspace, all of which are required for this particular manufacturing operation. Within the thesis, the synchronisation between these machines using input and output signals was demonstrated. At the end, use case of successful animation of the automated production process is presented.
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